The folks at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Animal Health Commission are hoping for the best and preparing ...

Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...

According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.

It was the early 1960s, but I vividly remember being at a summer camp just west of Kerrville when something drifted down from ...

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

Texas officials and organizations reacted positively to the announcement of a sterile fly dispersal facility coming to South ...

The United States is preparing to carry out a bold and surprising plan to fight a deadly threat — flesh-eating maggots. Flesh-Eating Maggots Threaten Livestock and Wildlife These maggots are the ...

The United States and Mexico plan to reopen the U.S. border to Mexican cattle imports in July. U.S. agriculture officials had ...

Imports of livestock from Mexico will resume in phases starting next week after a ban in May at ports of entry because of ...

As ports of entry along the southern border are about to gradually reopen to cattle imports, Mexican authorities announced ...

Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...

The USDA will reopen Mexico livestock ports in phases starting July 7 after an 8-week closure due to a New World Screwworm threat.